(a) A person licensed by the department is designated
as a health care provider of nutrition services.
(b) A licensed dietitian, acting within the scope of
the dietitian's license and consistent with medical direction or authorization
as provided in this section, may accept, transcribe into a patient's
medical record or transmit verbal or electronically-transmitted orders,
including medication orders, from a physician to other authorized
health care professionals relating to the implementation or provision
of medical nutrition therapy and related medical protocols for an
individual patient or group of patients.
(1) In a licensed health facility, the medical direction
or authorization shall be provided, as appropriate, through a physician's
order, or a standing medical order, or standing delegation order,
or medical protocol issued in accordance with Texas Occupations Code,
Chapter 157, Subchapter A, and rules adopted by the Texas Medical
Board implementing the subchapter.
(2) In a private practice setting, the medical direction
or authorization shall be provided, as appropriate, through the physician's
order, standing medical order, or standing delegation order of a referring
physician, in accordance with Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 157,
Subchapter A, and rules adopted by the Texas Medical Board implementing
the subchapter.
(c) A licensed dietitian, acting within the scope of
the dietitian's license and consistent with medical direction or authorization
as provided in this section, may order medical laboratory tests relating
to the implementation or provision of medical nutrition therapy and
related medical protocols for individual patients or groups of patients.
(1) In a licensed health facility, the medical direction
or authorization shall be provided, as appropriate, through a physician's
order, or a standing medical order, or standing delegation order,
or medical protocol, issued in accordance with Texas Occupations Code,
Chapter 157, Subchapter A, and rules adopted by the Texas Medical
Board implementing the subchapter.
(2) In a private practice setting, the medical direction
or authorization shall be provided through the physician's order,
standing medical order, or a standing delegation order of the referring
physician, in accordance with Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 157,
Subchapter A, and rules adopted by the Texas Medical Board implementing
the subchapter.
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